A former high school teacher, Dave Powell is an associate professor of education at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. In this blog, Powell will examine current efforts to fix education, including whom you should trust and why.

By Dave Powell April 9, 2017 at 10:15 PM

Investigative reporting done by students at the Booster Redux in Pittsburg, Kansas uncovered serious inconsistencies in the resume of their principal and forced her to resign. They might have uncovered something even more important inthe process.

By Dave Powell March 10, 2017 at 8:39 AM

Jennifer Steele has made a heroic attempt to convince us that Betsy DeVos actually deserves a lot more credit than she's been getting for her performance as secretary of education since she took the job. Is she right? I don't think so.

By Dave Powell March 2, 2017 at 11:37 AM

Yesterday a group of students here at Gettysburg College, where I teach, organized a Solidarity Rally. I was invited to speak at this rally and I'm glad I did. I also thought it might be helpful to share those ideas here. Maybe we can start a conversation ourselves about what to do next.

By Dave Powell February 20, 2017 at 11:29 AM

Betsy DeVos took a field trip to a middle school last week and came out asserting that the teachers she met were in "receive mode," a condition that keeps them from meeting the needs of kids. Maybe DeVos is the one who needs to be put in receive mode.

By Dave Powell February 15, 2017 at 10:52 PM

Let's get something straight right here, right now: Betsy DeVos is not Ruby Bridges, and attempts to frame the brand of school choice she supports as "the civil rights issue of our time" ring hollow in almost every way imaginable.